Her name was Abahai. She was still young then. Tricked by her uncle Bujantai, she carried a knife and married into Nurhaci’s palace, binding herself to intrigue, power, strife, and war as well.
After her attempt to assassinate Nurhaci failed, she finally understood everything. At the same time, she changed everything.
From then on, the innocent Abahai was gone.
She grew charming and beguiling, adept at plotting against others as she faced power and desire.
She didn’t know that a shadow was always lurking behind her, secretly watching her every move, even her most subtle changes, waiting for a chance to strike a fatal blow.
That man was Hong Taiji, a ruler of great ambition and talent.
Hong Taiji was a brilliant strategist and politically astute from a young age. On one hand, he was as cold and ruthless as his father; on the other, his heart was filled with sorrow and helplessness, and with humanity.
For the sake of power, he stopped at nothing.
War made the world cold and bloody.
Intrigue made the world uncanny and terrifying.
Yet love, amid war and bloodshed, shone with the light of humanity and revealed its beauty.
This article describes the court struggles during the Later Jin Dynasty, as well as foreign wars and rebellions.